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Mellophone, E-flat
Trade name:Ballad horn
Date: 1898-1904 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: True Tone
Serial No: 1884
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / BUESCHER MFG. CO. / true tone / trade mark / Registered / Elk HART, IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on main tuning slide brace: 1884
Engraved on main tuning slide: Eb
Stamped on main tuning slide brace: 1884
Engraved on main tuning slide: Eb
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsBell diameter: 241mm
Primary bore: 12 mm (0.475 in)
Primary bore: 12 mm (0.475 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 314-315.
Object number: 01753